chloe s asked:


1. What is the key to maintaining a healthy weight? (1 point)

A. Cutting carbohydrates
B. Aerobic exercise
C. Balancing calorie intake with calories burned
D. Not eating late at night

2. Most fad diets fail because: (1 point)
A. They do not help the dieter change bad eating habits
B.They can be used by people with eating disorders
C.They can do more harm than good
D.They do not work

3. A successful weight loss or weight management plan: (1 point)
A. Will allow the dieter to lose weight quickly
B. Must practice restrictive eating habits
C. Requires a reduction in carbohydrate intake
D.Incorporates lifestyle changes in diet and exercise

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of a fad diets: (1 point)
Avoiding all carbohydrates
Eating only cabbage soup for 1 week
Miracle diet drinks
Calorie/Fat monitoring

Austin

Derek asked:


Let’s us say you took your time you understood the information and got decent grades your stress is down. And someone with a 4.0 that studies becomes a slave to his work and just goes to get a 4.0. In a few years after college one isn’t anymore successful than the other are they? One become a slave to his work because his study habits and the other gets a general sense and build more social outlook in a company or boss. Granted there will be 4.0 people who are smart and didn’t study much at all. But really. Why put too much into something when you can get the broad sense of things and apply it later? Memorizing is the opposite of understanding anyway. Most questions that pop up aren’t on just your shoulders it is a team effort in the real world which forces you to socialize anyway. I am wondering all this because my friend sits in his dorm all day over working to get a 4.0. I don’t think he is any smarter and I say grades are a big deal but perfection isn’t.

Wyatt

psousa101 asked:


I would like advice on things I could do to help my mother.. She is 47 and acting as if she is 87. She began all this in 2000 when she divorced from a very abusive man whom also had a long running affair. After she sold her successful salon in Houston for a penny and never left the house forcing her to move in with my grandmother to Muncie, IN. She began talking strange ( like metaphysically ), say she could speak to spirts and vampires. Now that has died down but she will not leave the home has gained well over 150 lbs, her health is beyond a mess.. I can’t get her to change her habits ie. cleaning her nose with toothpicks, over drinking of coke and sugar intake.. She is killing herself slowly and refuses to change. I just moved from Chicago to Indianapolis to help her and no change thus far. IS there anything left for me to do.. She enjoys being disabled and being sick… She never leaves her bed for days…Any insight with people whom have gone through this with a loved one is gr8!

Robert

Brandon T asked:


The topic is Laptops in Elementary school and I’m against on this topic.

I hope that you enjoyed my opponent’s speech as much as I did, yet I must disagree with what he has said. Children of this age, seem to be excessively distracted, and would not be able to focus as much as they possibly could; they could easily choose to do wrong things in school. Also they cannot be relied on using their own laptops. The chances of laptops getting stolen or damaged are too high, risky, and costly for parents. There is also not much need for a laptop to be used in elementary school. Laptop use can be harmful to ones eyes and can promote bad writing habits. Laptop brands can bring competition and jealousy among students. The need for laptops can be a stressing on a family with financial issues. The use of laptops can be disruptive, unhealthy, and can promote bad influences on young children. Finally, proper monitoring and website blocking is not always successful and it can temp children to violate school policies.

Elizabeth

mochochina asked:


Could you double check these for me?
Directions: Identify the
a)subject
b)predicate
c)simple subject
d)simple predicate

5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of nutrients.
a)each tender green shoot of bamboo
b)however, contains only a very small amount of nutrients
c)bamboo
d)contains

6. In addition, the large but sluggish panda is not known as a successful hunter.
a)the large but sluggish panda
b)in addition, is not known as a successful hunter
c)panda
d)is known

7. In their concern for the panda’s survival, scientists are now studying the habits of this animal.
a)scientists
b)in their concern for the panda’s survival, are now studying the habitats of this animal
c)scientists
d)are studying

8. A captured panda is held in a log trap for several hours.
a)a captured panda
b)is held in a log trap for several hours
c)panda
d)is

Justin

JQ01 asked:


I’ve been dating my bf (40 yo, successful, financially stable and a single father) seriously for several months. We get along great, and we are talking about marriage.

His philosophy is that your career is your passion, kids need to be nurtured, and adults fend for themselves (!). Mine is similar, except that I need more emotional support from him (about my career, life’s little hiccups, etc) than vice versa. Due to work-travel, he’s hardly interacted with my friends and has yet to meet my family.

Another issue is that I plan ahead my social activities and vacations, whereas he does not. So we often end up not doing much and it drives me nuts.

Any advice on how to get him more involved in my life? And most importantly, is this a bad sign for marriage? am I dating the wrong guy (ie. a guy with too little time and habits that will never change) or can these issues be resolved? I have expressed my concerns to him, but it’s taking a long time for things to work out.

Nathan

Hosea L asked:


I know that I should be dependent but sometimes it would be nice if my parents helped me out with a few things. It would help you understand what I mean if you read all of my writing (sorry its a little long).

I’m 17, hold a steady job that pays 8.00 an hour and get about 12 hours a week; I’m always asking for more hours and willing to work longer shifts.

I’m not sure how common it is for parents to buy a car for their children, but I haven’t met a kid at school that hasn’t had their parents at least help pay for their car. I had to save up my money from my part time job at jack-in-the-box while going to school and college to save for a car. I tried to strike a deal with my parents saying…

“Well, at the rate i’m saving, it’s going to take 3 or 4 years of working with minimum wage to save for a decent car that has under 100,000 miles. How about whatever I pay, you pay. So if I save up 3,000 how about you help pay 3,000 so we can add it together and I can get a decent car,” He just looked at me and said “you would like that wouldn’t you..” I tried to bring up the deal repeatedly but he told me he didn’t help financially with any of my brothers or sisters. I have one older sister and two older brothers. My oldest brother saved up about 1,400 for his first car and a few weeks later he sold it for 300. My other older brother saved up 1,000 for his first car and bought a gas guzzling 73′ blazer money sink that he’s spent more than 10,000 dollars into now just for repairs. My sister didn’t even save up money for a car and never got one. My parents think the key for me to get a successful car is to save up every penny I had for at least a few years and see where that gets me. After 7 months of working, with spending absolutely none of my work money, I decided to spend the $3,400 I saved up from my job to buy a 1993 camaro with 132,800 miles on it. I had exactly $3,400 to spend on the car and I had none left. I’ve had the car for almost a month and I still kept the same spending habits, so I had just under $300 dollars in the bank to spend on speakers for my car, or maybe an ipod. My mom tells me that I need to pay for “used car transfer fees and tax” and that I should need about $50 to pay for it. I took out $180 from the bank to pay for the tax then just to have extra to buy an ipod. I drove my mom to the DMV and I found out that the used car transfer fee and tax was around 10% of the price I paid for my vehicle. I handed over my $180 and my mom wrote a check for just under $100 which she told me that I need to pay back. I was telling my situation to my dad and without even asking him to help pay for the fee’s he said “I’m not your insurance policy” and ended the discussion. He later brought up that my birthday money could help pay for the fees, but I get $100.00 max for my birthday. It would take me three birthdays just to pay a fee I was completely unaware of. A month of my paycheck is down the drain and my parents are staying clear of anything that financially might come my way.

The average adult living in my city of residence makes $34,000 a year.

My dad alone makes $168,000 a year added with my mom making $24,000 per year would make their combined income $192,000 a year.
I make around $300 a month with school schedule, so I make $3,600 a year without any expenses whatsoever.

When I think about that, it makes me wonder why everyone elses dads who hold humble jobs “well driller, truck driver, road construction worker” can afford to buy their kids a car, but my dad doesn’t seem to have enough to even help.

Feedback is very appreciated and if you want more details I’ll add.

Samantha

Brandon T asked:


Can someone please edit my debate speech? The topic is “Laptops in Elementary school”

I hope that you enjoyed my opponent’s speech as much as I did, yet I must disagree with what he has said. Children of this age, seem to be excessively distracted, and would not be able to focus as much as they possibly could; and allowing laptops in elementary schools would be adding fuel to the fire, in absence of strong monitoring. Also these children cannot be considered capable of handling their own assets at this early age. The chances of laptops getting stolen or damaged are too high, risky, and costly for parents. The necessity of a laptop in an elementary school is truly questionable. Laptop use can have bad effects on health (e.g. harmful to one’s eyes) as well as on academic skills (e.g. bad writing habits). Laptop brands would get an easy entry in the schooling sector for promoting their brands, and these children (and apparently their parents) would be targeted as marketing guinea-pigs. This would impose financial stress on parents, in order to satisfy the jealousy amongst children. The use of laptops can be disruptive, unhealthy, and can promote bad influences on young children. Finally, proper monitoring and website blocking is not always successful and it can prove a serious threat to the school policies.

Everyone would agree the benefits of a laptop. However, the unhealthy and unsuitable postures for long hours would result in strain on the eyes and other organs. Youngsters use most of their leisure time on their laptops watching movies, surfing or even working. While most scientists believe that the risk of harm from wireless technology is hypothetical, the risk laptops pose to our backs, shoulders and necks as we lean over them on the train, at home and at work are very real. Because they encourage bad posture, they’re causing an epidemic of musculoskeletal problems.

Laptops as well encourage kids to spend too much online, often exposed to dangerous sites. Yes, pop up blockers do work; however, prohibition fuels the curiosity of a child and he is more interested in trying out ways to get in there, i.e. browsing inappropriate sites. Incidentally, it should be noted by the faculty that every student is not a perfect one and not everyone cares to learn, with or without the laptops. Trial and error is the only way to know for sure if the use of laptops in the classroom is appropriate in any particular school. In Henrico Country, Virginia, 232 students were suspended for violating the school’s policies.

Also on the down side, is the fact that maintaining laptops that a student is carrying around and on and off school, can be very costly, not every home is a suitable environment for a laptop, and may not be very friendly. Add energy consumption to worsen the scenario. Also, if everyone is using laptops, they tend to spend all their free time chatting online with friends and doing other online activities such as games, instead of working and this would be difficult to detect. In addition, there is a concern that once students move to using laptops all the time in school, they would not even feel it necessary to learn writing, as typing would become the primary lesson for children.

According to the research in Marquette University Law School, the survey shows nearly 80 percent of students who always use a laptop in class, 96.1 percent use it for taking notes. But that’s not the only use: 70.5 percent said they used their laptop to surf the Internet, mostly to check their email (87.1 percent), although nearly as many (77.8 percent) said they used the Internet to look up cases, statutes, or other class-related material. Less than half (42.1percent) said they used the Internet for other purposes, like shopping or general surfing, and even fewer (38.4 percent) said they used the web to instant message their classmates and friends. The majority of those who used the Internet in class did so because they were bored. Therefore, many students use laptops as a tool for their leisure time and would not work as a pilot program in elementary schools. I now stand ready for cross-examinations.

Elizabeth

Panama asked:


I weigh normal actually.. but I hear that they can weigh normal. I always go on a harsh diet for a couple of days and then I end up binge eating. Then I try to throw up (I was allllmost successful a couple of times) but I haven’t actually done so. So instead, I fast for a long time. But then I end up binge eating again. And then I go back on a 500-calorie diet. And then I eat again. I am still heavy though- not emaciated at all. I am 5′ 3” and 120 pounds. Is this defined as bulemia nervosa or just some habits I have?

Jacob

Paul asked:


(re-stating my earlier question)
I was curious and i visited several websites such as www.abovetheinfluence.com, and www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov. I found that many people try and classify marijuana as a illicit substance that’s crippling all of American youth causing addiction and other negative effects. Its ironic that their “proof” or their main information backing them up is all statistical information, it just goes to show you that they have no conclusive information proving that marijuana is harmful. now yes i know that its a carcinogen because it burns, but keep in mind you can eat it in baked good too. now a good example of a typical marijuana user is me, im high right now. i go to college, have a successful group of friends and am very happy but i use pot on a somewhat regular basis. i just don’t understand why everyone is so damn worked up over a small little plant, if they just sat down and sparked it up they might see how frivolous this whole situation is…

now keep in mind statistics are really not proven ratifiable data, its just collections of generalized data surveyed on only a few people. the person who is making the study can easily skew their results by selective surveying. if you don’t think that it happens then you guys have alot to learn, i could easy make a survey to have the answers i want in completely legitimate ways. and im saying generally speaking weed is not harmful in the way it affects you, myself and most other users are able to live fine while enjoying. some people who are generally weaker-minded in general are the ones who spiral into life ruining drug habits which is what anti pot advocates capitalize on. im not trying to say that everything i believe is whats right and anti-drug lobbyists are all completely wrong, im just wanting to say “hey look theres another side to the whole issue”

and im not really touching on the legalization issue, im just talking about why people have so much support against it when its not such a horrible thing. its all about self control and knowing your priority’s. i know some people that cant manage smoking, their like crack addicts. but should that be a reason for us all to not be able to smoke because some people have no willpower. i know many people that eat entire bags of doughnuts and live harmful dietary lives, does that mean i cannot enjoy an occasional doughnut?

Brian